John desmond



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'J'. DESMOND;

STEAM EMPTYING ASH PAN.

No. 297,507. Patented Apr. 22; 1884.

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JOHN DESMOND, OF JACKSON, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO JAMES CAREY AND CHARLES RUTSON, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

STEAM-EMPTYING ASH-PAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 297,507, dated April 22, 1884:.

Application filed February 16, 1884.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JOHN DEsMoND, a citizen of the United States'of America, residing at Jackson, in the county of Jackson and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Steam-Emptying Ash- Pans, of which the followingis a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to a steam-emptying ash-pan for locomotives, by means of which the ashes therein collected, or snow and ice which also collects therein, may be at any moment ejected therefrom by the force of escaping steam; and it consists in the pan A, having the walls A, hinged'outlet-gates a, and plates B, slotted ejector-pipes C, and steam-supply pipe D; in the method of supplying steam from the boiler, and in the construction, combination, and arrangement of the parts, substantially as hereinafter more fully shown and described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation thereof. and Fig. 3 is a detail view.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents a rectangular ash-pan having walls A,

' and the hinged outletgates a and a. The outlet-gates a have formed thereon the eyes b by turning over the upper edge thereof, through which are projected the hinge-bars b, which are rigidly secured in the longitudinal walls of the pan. Between the longitudinal walls are rigidly secured, by ordinary mechanical 3 5' expedient, the plates B. These plates are each (N0 model.)

I I inclined at a slight angle upwardly from the bottom of the pan, and each plate has resting thereon a transverse ejector pipe, which is slotted, as shown at C, Fig. 3, the slots thereof all facing one way and alligned with the plates 40 B, in order to eject the ashes. The slotted ejector-pipes C, slotted longitudinally at C, as shown, project through suitable orifices provided in the longitudinal walls of the ash-pan, and they are closed at their remote ends by the caps f, and connect with the steam-supply pipe D by means of the pipe-joints f. The steam supply pipe D leads to the boiler of the locomotive, from whencethe steam is supplied, and near the point of such connection there is provided an ordinary valve, which is operated by a lever. Y

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. In alocomotive ash-pan, the plates B, arranged with relation to the ejector-pipes C, having slots 0 for ejecting the ashes from the bottom of the pan, substantially as shown, and for the purpose described.

2; In a locomotive ash-pan, the combination of the pan A, having outlet-gates a a, plates B, ejectorpipes C, and steam-supply pipe D, substantially as shown, and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN DESMOND.

Witnesses:

J AS. CAREY,' JNo. G. MUNDY. 

